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January 23, 2015 at 3:33 am in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2231240

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No prob. Just checked and that showed-up immediatly. I think you and Eskodas are up for a glass of milk and some shots. Skoll ! :very_drunk:

January 23, 2015 at 3:08 am in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2231249

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Esky old bean

So I wondered “where had we got it so wrong?” So I checked historic exchange rates and lo and behold you’re making more **** up again. 2008 NOK/USD rate was never close to 0.18.

http://www.x-rates.com/historical/?from=NOK

So, yes, the Noggie acq cost estimate for JSF in 2008 was a ludicrous, fictitious $52 million. And yes, the op cost estimate for Gripen was padded by means unknown.

Please go back to the fankiddy forum and stop wasting our time. Mods, please ban this idiot.

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January 22, 2015 at 8:35 pm in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2231294

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– The aircraft does not maintain residual inerting after fl ight
for the required interval of 12 hours, which is a lightning
protection requirement. Residual inerting is a result of
the inert air produced by the OBIGGS remaining in the
ullage area of the fuel tanks after a fl ight. The program is
investigating a correction to this problem. If the residual
inerting cannot be improved, aircraft maintainers will be
required to purge fuel tanks with external nitrogen more
frequently or alternative lightning protection strategies
(e.g., lightning-protected shelters, will have to be adopted.

Sry mixed it up. Lightning protection. Not temp related. (see p.47)

January 22, 2015 at 8:00 pm in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2231353

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Given that the formula had to be sprayed on Al or Stainless steel tank, I don’t see that as an expensive job. Let’s see it: 2Pi()r*L makes for a lot of surface.

But I think this is related to the inert gas filling of the 35’s tanks in flight. Since they have to empty the tanks after each flight, I guess that a significant amount of gas is ingested in the fuel truck. So, IMOHO, the 4k$ is lower than the cost of fitting a mitiger on each fuel truck or a dedicated cooling unit (what they wld hve to buy anyway for the parked plane).

And, frankly this prog is a regal in term of laugh.

You know… Some like them blondes and other… 😉

January 22, 2015 at 5:15 am in reply to: AirAsia Airbus A320 gone missing #486238

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Some details filtered out:

he noise of several alarms – including one that indicated the plane was stalling – can be heard going off in recordings from the black box in the Airbus A320-200’s cockpit, the investigator said, requesting anonymity.

“The warning alarms, we can say, were screaming, while in the background they (the pilot and co-pilot) were busy trying to recover,” the investigator said, adding the warnings were going off “for some time”.

Stall confirmed and both pilots seems to have been operative until splash down.

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Source:
http://www.abc.net.au
http://www.lefigaro.fr/

January 22, 2015 at 4:14 am in reply to: F-35 News, Multimedia & Discussion thread (2015) #2231697

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Regarding the 35C and carrier trial.

We had a discussion regarding the flame on the surface of the deck after a catapult launch with reheat. I suggested that they use to poor some liquid to make for a cheap thermal barrier.

We have now the confirmation. It seems to be more permanent that what was envisioned given the famous Deck Coating controversy.

Page70 of the recently released DOT&E 2014 doc:

– Due to the higher temperature of F-35 engine exhaust
compared to legacy aircraft, carrier JBDs need at least
two modifi cations. A cooling water orifice modification
enables basic operations, but additional side panel
cooling must be added for higher afterburner thrust
catapult launches. The Navy is accomplishing these full
modifi cations on at least some JBDs on USS Abraham
Lincoln (CVN-72) in preparation for IOT&E and on USS
George Bush (CVN-77) for developmental testing, and
performed the basic orifi ce modifi cation on USS Nimitz
(CVN-68) for the November DT-1.

Frankly, this prog is a regal in term of innovations and out of the box thinking.

Note: can’t found the video. If someone cld re-post that wld be nice

January 21, 2015 at 10:59 pm in reply to: Low Level…… #2231747

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A though to the poor guy that had to mop the two deck floor after all those that throw-up !

January 21, 2015 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Breguet 941S STOL transport info #2231804

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Juts to extend the discussion, Judging from the video (thx – never seen that one despite browsing extensively the San Diego archive museum) it seems that the bird had too much diedral and too high main landing gear.

We can see that it is very sensitive to cross wind with the wing raising as soon as lift off happens. The CG high with the nose wheel down aggravates this. Just like the soft damping of the main landing gear.

To put thing in contest, the Caribou and Provider shld be the main references.

January 20, 2015 at 4:48 am in reply to: AirAsia Airbus A320 gone missing #486257

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AirAsia crash ‘not due to terrorism’ – investigators

Mr Hananto told BBC Indonesian that investigators had listened to the entire two-hour recording, and found that there was “no threatening voice on board.”

The recording appeared to indicate that the pilot was too busy attempting to regain control of the aircraft to send a distress signal, he said.

Some of the parameters retrieved from the flight data recorder seemed to indicate that the plane had encountered bad weather.

The final minutes of the AirAsia flight were full of “sounds of machines and sounds of warnings” that must be filtered out to get a complete transcript of what was said in the cockpit, said Hananto, who has been an air safety investigator since 2009.

According to Hananto, evidence also showed that an explosion was unlikely

preliminary report on the crash early next week.

“Just some important highlights will be included in the report.”

What can be noted (it’s really slim of course):
– there seems to have been only One of the pilot attempting to recover the aircraft
– Loss of ctrl confirmed
– If ever lost, system function and power generation was retrieved

Source:
http://www.bbc.com
http://www.independent.ie from Reuters.com

January 19, 2015 at 1:26 am in reply to: Indian Air Force Thread 20 #2232982

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Have you become crime apologist ? Seriously, legitimate cyber espionage of allies and eco partners ? What next ? Taking some officials in hostage to claim delivery of industrial secrets ? C’mon…

January 16, 2015 at 11:22 pm in reply to: Low Level…… #2233485

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Impressive. I noted the two engines out low level pass and simultaneous relight.

January 16, 2015 at 10:14 pm in reply to: AirAsia Airbus A320 gone missing #486264

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Cockpit found

“Apart from the fuselage, we found what we suspected as the aircraft’s cockpit and also an engine,” he said. “We also found what seems to be a passenger seat in which we thought there still bodies tied on it.”

Earlier Friday, chief of operation of the agency, Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi said the wreckage that appears to be the cockpit was located by sonar imagery about 500 metres (yards) from the fuselage and partly embedded in the mud.

Source:
http://www.timescolonist.com/

January 16, 2015 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Ukraine / Russia dispute aviation thread #2233559

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Do you really want an ABM fired just in the middle btw NATO and Russia? You know, that old Scud cld prove more lethal in heart attacks than through it explosive charge

January 16, 2015 at 8:48 pm in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2233571

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[…]
The issue with the Rafale isn’t quality, its scale. If Dassault had the option of building them at 55 per year like Boeing and spreading out the development cost over couple of hundred aircraft, it would be dominating the market today. Airbus without any similar constraints in the civilian market is having a splendid time.

Really good example.

This where the OmniRole UberOver tailored policy was a mistake.

The Fr AdlA and other Airforce doesn’t share the same vision of force.

Probably that had MD split the Raf in several lower graded design (not just like the M2K but a step farther thx to new tech) the story wld hve been diff. A Raf at 50+M$, more politically flexible than a Nuclear capable striker and built with subcontractor chosen by the simple rules of market competition…

January 16, 2015 at 8:34 pm in reply to: USAF T-X #2233580

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I think SAAB has categorically denied that this would be a dumbed down Gripen.

Hummm. I fear that it’s marketing mainly. Nobody would buy an expensive 4++ Fighter if it said to be made out of a trainer. Until the desig is revealed, they can say everything they want that might help to sell more Gripen

In this thread, so far, We’ve focused ard the Scorpion, but it cld well be a watered down BAE offer ard a new Hawk.

I wrote that years ago, but with an aggressive approach, you can make a Super-hawk slightly supersonic. What can’t be done with the Scorpion.

Regarding the Scorpion, with it’s new Carbon wing, I think that the 6G limit will probably be an old story.
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